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Hancock / Academy PEL Stakeholder Workshop Hancock/Academy Planning & Environmental Linkages Study (PEL) March 5, 2015

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Meeting Overview • Introductions • Presentation

• Purpose and Need Overview • Alternatives Development

• Alternatives Workshop • Small Groups • Review Intersection Types • Report Out

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Project Status Update • Transportation conditions assessment

• Traffic / Safety • Environment • Transportation Issues

• Purpose and Need for the project • Alternative Concepts

• Intersections • Corridor Wide

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Transportation Assessment • Stakeholder input / Field investigations

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Transportation Assessment

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Transportation Assessment • Issues and Needs • Transportation

• Access • Safety • Congestion • Transit • Pedestrian • Bicycles • Design

• Community • Access • Economic conditions • Quality of life • Aesthetics • Relationship to local neighborhoods, schools and recreation • Relationship to Academy corridor

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Transportation Assessment

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Transportation Assessment • Safety –

• Higher than average crash rates when compared to similar roadways

• Vehicular Access – • Access to Academy much less than most of the study area

corridor • Multimodal accessibility and connectivity

• Deficient pedestrian facilities and lack of multimodal accessibility

• Mobility and Congestion • Long range traffic projections show congestion at the Hancock

/ Academy intersection in the peak hours

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Purpose and Need • Project Purpose

• To provide a safe and efficient transportation system for the traveling public and pedestrians; and to improve multi-modal accessibility to the local community and businesses in the Hancock / Academy intersection area, and contribute to the revitalization of this portion of the South Academy Corridor and its associated planning areas.

• Project Need • Safety • Vehicle access to adjacent parcels • Multimodal accessibility • Vehicular mobility and congestion

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Alternative Development • Development of a range of

reasonable multimodal alternatives to meet purpose and need

• Two Categories of Alternatives • Complementary

• Transit service • Non-motorized • Safety

• Intersection Types • Mobility and congestion at

Hancock / Academy intersection

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Level 1 Screening • Screening Analysis

• Purpose & Need Criteria

• Planning Context • Compatible with Great Streets • Adaptable with Mountain Metro

vision for transit in the corridor. • Stimulate economic activity

• Results • Maintained complementary

alternatives • Eliminated intersection types

that do not meet P & N

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Alternative Development • Hancock / Academy Intersection Alternatives

• Remaining Intersection Types • Maintain Existing Alignment • Shift Alignment East • Shift Alignment West • Split Intersection • Quadrant Intersection Concept

• Common elements • Access • Multi-modal concepts • Six lanes on Academy

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Alternative Development • Common elements

• Access • Multi-modal concepts • Six lanes on Academy

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Existing Alignment

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Shift Alignment West

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Shift Alignment East

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Split Intersection

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Quadrant Intersection

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Alternatives Workshop • Shared Elements

• Safety • Congestion • Multimodal accessibility

• Discussion Topics packages relative to opportunities and

constraints • Transportation • Quality of Life / Livability • Economic investment • Prioritization

• Access scenarios

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Alternatives Workshop • Roll plot of alternatives • Access scenarios plot • Discussion questions • Facilitator • Note taker • Report back

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Next Steps • Take home items

• Comment form • Purpose and need • Intersection alternatives

• Evaluation of these alternatives • Based on stakeholder input • Evaluation criteria

• Develop a recommended alternative package • Small group meetings • Public meeting

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Thank You!

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